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Andrew Hanks

Medicine · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2009

Publications

118

Citations

1,238

Est. group size

~5

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

18

Publishing since 2009

Research summary
AI-generated

Andrew Hanks studies food security, nutrition assistance programs (like SNAP and WIC), and consumer food-purchasing behavior, with a particular focus on rural Appalachian communities in Ohio. His work combines public health, nutrition, and economics methods to examine how policies, food access, and information (such as food safety alerts) affect household food choices and well-being. He also has some publications on career outcomes for doctoral graduates in STEM and public health fields.

Food security and nutrition assistance programsRural and Appalachian public healthConsumer food purchasing behaviorFood policy and economicsDoctoral career outcomes

Publication output has grown fairly steadily over the past decade, rising from about 4-5 papers per year earlier on to a peak of 8 in 2024, though 2025-2026 counts appear lower (possibly due to incomplete recent data).

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.4/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 4 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 4 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 6 publications232024: 8 publications8242025: 2 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • National Bureau of Economic Research×5
  • Academy of Management Proceedings×5
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×4
  • Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior×4
  • Food Policy×3
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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